Nearly 75% of finance professionals rate a 'valuable' pension scheme as one of the main benefits of working in the public sector, a survey revealed this week.
The Healthcare Commission is to overhaul its approach to inspection and is examining the Comprehensive Performance Assessment model used in local government.
CBI director general Digby Jones has demanded that all savings achieved by Sir Peter Gershon's efficiency review are independently audited so that ministers' claims of success can be verified.
NHS trusts that fail to implement National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance on anti-cancer drugs and other treatments will receive lower star ratings, the Healthcare Commission and
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Government plans to end the exclusion of people with mental health problems from opportunities in employment, education and housing should become a 'watershed', a leading charity said this week.
All local public services should be scrutinised by 'select committees' of councillors to ensure that unelected bodies are held accountable to the public, a think-tank has recommended.
The Local Government Association is to reform radically its member structure, replacing its 'static and old-fashioned' committees with cross-cutting boards in an attempt to widen its influence on...
To lose one key policy adviser may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose four looks like either carelessness or preparation for a change in leadership. Either way, a clear-out among Tony Blair's...
Mental illness costs Northern Ireland almost £3bn a year more than its health and social care budget according to the Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health.
Whitehall's three landmark reviews Gershon, O'Donnell and Lyons could diminish the attractiveness of working as a frontline civil servant by slashing the number of 'good bureaucrats', a new...
Hospital consultants must stand up to 'bullying' tactics from Whitehall and work only the hours for which they are paid, the British Medical Association said this week.
Talks on a contract for 12,500 senior hospital doctors are due to begin soon, the British Medical Association said this week, as the doctors accused the government of dragging its heels over the deal.
The Scottish Executive has again missed its targets for paying bills on time, leaving millions of pounds outstanding, according to figures disclosed this week.
The government's mental health czar, Louis Appleby, has been given extended powers to cover services for older people and for children and adolescents.
Tessa Jowell, the government's culture secretary and self-declared public health 'nanny', has warned that Labour will not be rushed into measures to curb damaging trends such as obesity despite '...
Chancellor Gordon Brown might still need to raise taxes to avoid breaking his 'golden rule' on public spending over the current economic cycle, despite a temporary boost to Whitehall's finances in...
Health and safety conditions in the UK's construction industry have improved slightly in recent years, but more should be done by the firms and government procurement agencies involved, auditors have...
The government last week launched a crackdown on so-called health tourism, unveiling plans to deny almost all NHS treatment to foreign visitors and failed asylum seekers.
